Comments on: Writer Accuses WWE Of Making Fun Of The Mentally Challenged, Demeaning Women & Encouraging Steroid Use; WWE Reacts In New Letter

By: Dumuzi

Dumuzi — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:45:01 +0000

By the way, news flash: we aren't stupid sheeps. We easily draw parallels between what's outrageously offensive and what's tasteless second-degree fun. Moreover, mentally challenged people don't need sickening pity, or weepy vignettes that hammer so-called respect down our throat. What's real respect ? Certainly not condescendent protection granted by the likes of Joshua Fisher.

By: Dumuzi

Dumuzi — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:15:30 +0000

I regard wrestling not only as a mindless form of entertainment, but also a form of art. To exist it needs to raise interest, to get POPS. If one promotion repress until the slightest of its shock-value, it dies. An artist's willing to take the heat, because if he doesn't shock he doesn't exist. No one lust over dominant ideology, that's the truth. I don't know about you all, but I don't want, nor I need to have my crap sanitized.
Creativity has been watered down for decades because of these "Tolerance Raptor Think-Tanks of doom". What have they achieve ? They've only contributed to create nations full of hypocrites and passive-aggressive persons.

Let's yearn for an Uncensored state of art !

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:16:13 +0000

What if they meant Festus and not Eugene… ?

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:15:20 +0000

What if they meant Festus and not Eugene… J/k

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:35:22 +0000

While I agree with the first three rebuttals by WWE, I have to point out that the last statement about their Be A Star campaign is complete and total hypocrisy. I know that much has been said about this in regards to Jim Ross and other talent but the fact that WWE has tried to debunk the belief that they affect bullies in their programming by pointing to this campaign is, quite frankly, insulting.

By: Immy

Immy — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:02:34 +0000

I agree WWE came across very well in their response. The writer of the article just seemed to be looking for controversy and shock values, do writers do this about soap operas/other programmes which in certain aspects promote drug use and not just degrade women but show domestic abuse?

By: Anand

Anand — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 03:08:41 +0000

The CEO of Jersy Shore isnt contesting in the elections… The columnist is trying to get some cheap publicity by going after WWE. Shame on such new media…

By: RobUK

RobUK — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:40:55 +0000

Well said WWE. A professional and clear cut response. What’s really annoying me by reading some of the above points is the inability to distinguish WWE from fact or fiction. RAW is a television show. Yes it is different to most but it is a television show. With storylines and characters good and bad. These characters interact each week to Create entertainment (though not always good – is any television programe?) it’s still entertainment. It’s not real people – Big Show isn’t a really bully with an iron clad contract. Cena isn’t Superman, AJ isn’t crazy. These are altheltes/actors who do there job very well by portraying characters. There may be elements of bullying in the storylines – but that’s it they are storylines. And with the be a star campaign WWE Use there stars and characters to explain the effects of bullying. Ortunga is a bad guy on the show – yet they use him as a spokes person for be a star because THE SHOW ISNT REAL – its just a show – like any other on any other network. Other shows that have ‘good serial killers’ or bullying within schools don’t get as much grief as WWE. It’s a show people – plain and simple. Nothing more, nothing less. Sometimes the bad guys win and makes you do bad things, but the good guy in the end, normally prevails. That’s what happens in a TELEVISION SHOW!!!!!

By: "The Nightmare"

"The Nightmare" — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:26:23 +0000

WWE is a bad influence on society as a whole? (which is pretty much what I gathered by the columnist) Oh so I guess “The Jersey Shore” crew are SAINTS!?

By: Jessie Skys

Jessie Skys — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:24:07 +0000

Pro-wrestling sucks!

By: Dave L

Dave L — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:33:48 +0000

The WWE should not even respond to this bait, and thats clearly what this editorial is… They won. regardless of how WWE responds, WWE is coming off on the defense.. WWE does not and should not need to explain how many jobs they provided. For example, the WWE provides the host of this website with a job, the webmaster has a job because the host of this site pays them to host this webpage, there is such a trickle down effect all the way to the manufactures of the clothing that wwe sells at its shows, to the bands they employ, even to the sales people who sell those albums from WWE fans who hear the music at their shows.

By: bauer

bauer — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:37:36 +0000

I cant believe the responses above, the whole argument revolves around bullying and just because they bulleyed jr, as well as constantly making the divas look like sx objects (king, anybody?). I find myself sitting down to the tv constantly amazed at how wwe has even the gall to have the be a star campaign on and then have the big show sobbing for his job as his employer first bulleys him and then fires him.

Remind me how big show finally got his? Oh, he didnt, he became an even bigger bulley. Selective memory much?

By: James M>>>

James M>>> — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:35:16 +0000

I miss Eugene. He was my favorite retarded man ever!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:47:53 +0000

Exactly HOW is the WWE trying to "cover up"? What that letter stated is absolutely true: they did have a mentally challenged character, played by a competent actor, and that character did in fact overcome several tough obstacles to show that being mentally challenged does not mean being mentally incapable. As for demeaning women, I don't see that either. They had pillow fights, lingerie matches, bikini contests, and the like, but they also produced some pretty tough women as champion (Beth Phoenix ring a bell?) and showed that women CAN perform in a man's world just as well as a man. As for demeaning people, look at what they've done to good ol' JR. He's a MAN, by the way, and yet they've beaten him, had him kiss McMahon's ass on live television, and publicly fired him and humilitated him time and time again. They had a "Kiss My Foot" match between Bret Hart and Jerry Lawler, where Lawler lost and had to kiss Bret's foot. So they don't single out women

By: Wainwright

Wainwright — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:08:28 +0000

Touché.

By: Philg

Philg — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:30:08 +0000

I think that was brilliant. Put them in their place.

By: Whammaster

Whammaster — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:00:41 +0000

Trying to cover up? maybe its just me being a semi mark for WWE but their rebuttal statement completely made the writer of Darien Times look like a complete toolbox. If anything he is happy that WWE is responding back to him because he is increasing his 15min of fame with each response.

By: Adamtrace

Adamtrace — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:51:35 +0000

Dunno josh, seems like a well thought out, planned and precise response to me… Examples of these instances of fact, where said women and mentally retarded didn’t “overcome” would bring me closer to agreeing with you.

By: paulw3000

paulw3000 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:50:02 +0000

I disagree… In the context WWE used they made the writer look like a fool…

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:23:34 +0000

Writer Accuses WWE Of Making Fun Of The Mentally Challenged === I know the logic behind Creative's storylines is somewhat dumbed down these days, and I know that sometimes Vince likes to make fun of us with the stunts he pulls, but I don't think it's fair to refer to the WWE Universe as mentally challenged.

By: fan

fan — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:08:59 +0000

Cover up??? Storylines!!!…

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:03:55 +0000

What… that's NOT what they mean?

Oh…

By: Mikey d

Mikey d — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:58:16 +0000

Well done wwe. Good reply

By: nefty131

nefty131 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:51:29 +0000

I think it was a well constructed response, very professional, and certainly not a way to cover anything up. They were straightforward with the fact that it’s all storyline and “acting” as it should be seen.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:58:14 +0000

Wow, WWE made themselves seem really bad here. I'm not sure about the "encouragement of steroid use," but WWE has certainly been demeaning to women and the mentally retarded in the past. They just look stupid trying to cover up.